Hyla Cass MD

A nationally acclaimed innovator and expert in the fields of integrative medicine and psychiatry, Dr. Cass helps individuals enhance mind, mood, and energy with the use of natural supplements and bio-identical hormones. She appears often as a guest on national radio and television, including The View and The Dr. Oz Show. She is the author/co-author of numerous articles and a number of popular books, including: The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free; Natural Highs; Supplement your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutrition; Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Treatments in Psychiatry; and 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health.

She is a popular guest on many of her colleagues’ online educational series and interview shows, helping to spread the word about the benefits of natural medicine.

In her private practice, Dr. Cass helps individuals withdraw safely and comfortably from addictive substances, both those of abuse and medications, and to enhance mind, mood, and energy with targeted nutritional supplements, many of which are her own unique formulations.

She has received numerous awards, including the Safe Harbor award for outstanding contributions in alternative mental health, The Legacy Service Award from ACAM, Emord & Associates’ “Excellence in Integrative Medicine,” and induction into the International Orthomolecular Medicine Organization’s Hall of Fame for her significant contribution to the field.

Board-certified in psychiatry and neurology (ABPN) as well as in integrative and holistic medicine (ABIHM), Dr. Cass graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine, interned at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, completed a psychiatric residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and until 2005 was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine. She currently lectures frequently to her fellow health professionals and is in private clinical practice in the Los Angeles area. www.cassmd.com.